Fox News host Sean Hannity used his opening monologue on "Hannity" on Wednesday to call on House Republicans to introduce a temporary funding bill to avert a government shutdown. As of Wednesday, the U.S. national debt, a measure of U.S. taxpayers' debt burden to U.S. creditors, topped $36 trillion and shows no signs of slowing down, with the deficit expected to hit $2 trillion in 2025.
Sean Hannity: Tonight, Donald Trump looks set to face another Biden-era disaster after taking office in January. This may involve a government shutdown.
Now, the continuing resolution of Congress is A complete and utter disaster. After this election, it’s hard to fathom these elected officials who think government will continue as usual — swampy business as usual. It's not. This will fund the government until March, but at what cost? Raise the debt ceiling. What's the fare? Why does Donald Trump have to raise the debt ceiling when the issue is Joe Biden?
The bill now exceeds 1,500 pages. It spends so much on pet projects — let's see, a new bridge in Baltimore, as well as an extra $100 billion for vague disaster relief programs and another $10 billion in farm subsidies. The resolution also expanded The federal bureaucracy provides funding for a new Office of Telecommunications Spectrum Management and a new National Blockchain Deployment Advisory Council.
The spending bill also provides Maryland with a fleet of National Guard fighter jets. It also transfers ownership of RFK Stadium from the federal government to Washington, D.C. Why should we give our stadium to them? In other words, you pay for an extremely valuable asset owned by the American taxpayer. What, given to the far left? Dwellers of the Washington swamp?
Now, for some reason, the bill also makes clothing, textiles imported from Haiti duty-free, but prohibits the import of lithium batteries from other countries. Explain that. cherry on top all these ongoing resolutions It’s a pay raise for members of Congress. that's right. I think they worked 138 days, and if my numbers are correct, few people actually deserve such a raise. For more than a decade, MPs have worked an average of about 140 days a year. That's all they do. This is a part-time job.
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Sadly, overall, their work is unacceptable. Our budget is out of control. The bureaucratic state is a nightmare. The executive branch is rarely controlled. As I have always said, it is time to return to constitutional order.